1995 FirstOccOfComTermsInMathStats

• (David, 1995) ⇒ Herbert A. David. (1995). “First (?) Occurrence of Common Terms in Mathematical Statistics.” In: The American Statistician, 49(2).

Subject Headings: Statistics Terminology, Statistics Glossary.

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Abstract

A list of over 300 terms commonly used in mathematical statistics is presented with their apparent first occurrence in print. Some of the more interesting problems encountered in preparing the list are described.

Terms

• Additivity (in ANOVA) – Eisenhart, C. (1947)
• Biased (errors) – Bowley, A. L. (1897)
• Box Plot – Tukey, J. W. (1970)
• Bonferroni Inequalities – Feller, W. (1950)
• Chi-squared – Pearson, K. (1900)
• Cluster analysis – Tryon, R. C. (1939)
• Coefficient of correlation – Pearson, K. (1896)
• Correlated – Galton, F. (1875)
• Correlation – Galton, F. (1888)
• Correlation, multiple - Pearson, K (1888)
• Correlation coefficient – Pearson, K (1896)
• Decile, upper and lower – Galton, F. (1882)
• Degrees of Freedom – Fisher, R. A. (1922)
• Dispersion, measure of – Bowley, A. L. (1907)
• Estimator – Pitman, E. J. G.]] – (1938)
• Exploratory Data Analysis – Tukey, J. W. (1970)
• Goodness-of-Fit – Pearson, K. (1900)
• Jackknife – Miller, R. G. (1964)
• Level of Significance – Fisher, R. A. (1925)
• Logistic – Verhulst, P. E., (1845)
• Logit – Berkson, J. (1944)
• Median – Galton, F (1882)
• Method of least squares – Legendre, A. M. (1805)
• Mode – Pearson, K. (1895)
• Multiple Correlation – Pearson, K. (1908)
• Multiple Correlation Coefficient – Pearson, K. (1914)
• Nonparametric – Wolfowitz, J. (1942)
• Normal Distribution – Galton, F. (1889)
• Normal Score – Fisher, R. A., and Yule, F. (1938)
• P-value – Brownlee, K. A. (1960)
• Probit – Bliss, C. I. (1934)
• Quantile – Kendall, M. G. (1940)
• Quartile, upper and lower – Galton, F. (1882)
• Range – Lloyd, H. (1848)
• Regression – Galton, F. (1885)
• Standard Deviation (σ) – Pearson, K. (1894)
• Standard Error – Yule, G. U. (1897)
• Statistic – Fisher, R. A. (1922)
• Statistics – Hooper, W. (1770)
• Unbiased (error) – Bowley, A. L. (1897)
• Uniform Distribution – Uspensky, J. V. (1937)
• Unimodal – de Helguero, F. (1904)
• Variance – Fisher, R. A. (1918)

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	Author	volume	Date Value	title	type	journal	titleUrl	doi	note	year
1995 FirstOccOfComTermsInMathStats	Herbert A. David			First (?) Occurrence of Common Terms in Mathematical Statistics			http://www.jstor.org/stable/2684625